Rachel Dean-Ruzicka

Rachel Dean-Ruzicka is a Lecturer in the Writing and Communication Program at Georgia Tech, specializing in corequisite composition courses. Her research intersects Young Adult Literature, Film and Media Studies, and Feminist Theory, with a focus on identity politics, Holocaust representation, and YA Weird fiction.

• PhD in American Culture Studies from Bowling Green State University (2011)
• Expertise in digital humanities and multimodal assignment design
• Author of Tolerance Discourse and Young Adult Holocaust Literature (Routledge, 2019 paperback edition)

Her publications explore themes like:

• Paranormal teenagers vs. serial killers
• Feminist comic books
• Female engineers in YA fiction
• Cosmopolitan ethics in Holocaust narratives
• Gender performance in children's media
• Pop culture crime discourse (e.g., My Favorite Murder podcast analysis)

The 2009-2020 article list reveals consistent focus on:

• Intersectional analysis of race/gender/identity in media
• Critical examination of power dynamics in YA fiction
• Evolution of digital humanities pedagogy
• Connection between crime narratives and social justice